---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to restraint of youth in custodial circumstances."
description: "Prohibits use of physical restraints in juvenile court proceedings on youth, youth offender or young person with exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 846"
citation: "Oregon SB 846 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Kim Thatcher", "Lew Frederick", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-23T16:54:53+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2114a6d-00d6-4c1c-9e99-b5f9eca6339c"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB846"
source_hash: "3c897385d7f4365856ff07701e5deabb4f7ba6643ac8f8b97b3d314d198adba1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon SB 846 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to restraint of youth in custodial circumstances.

Prohibits use of physical restraints in juvenile court proceedings on youth, youth offender or young person with exceptions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB846/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB846/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB846/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB846/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Ann Lininger — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-23T16:54:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T22:44:05+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-29T22:10:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30T17:51:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03T18:19:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-04T16:09:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05T21:19:35+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-08T23:34:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09T16:49:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10T18:40:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 11, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-11T18:49:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-15T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 16, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T21:56:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T21:54:06+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-31T21:05:44+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-06T19:26:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-16T16:55:33+00:00** Chapter 257, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2114a6d-00d6-4c1c-9e99-b5f9eca6339c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).